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British Red Cross in Palestine Postal Message sent from Emanuel Dux to Mozes Etelka in Hungary, dated 28 October 1943

Postal Message from Giza Blau to Teresie Spiegel sent from the British Red Cross in Palestine to Karpatalja, Hungary

Message sent from Sandorne Cseko in Budapest, Hungary to Adalbert Kalman in Jerusalem, 29 September 1943

Message sent from Oskar Better in Cairo to Eugen Better in Bratislava, Slovakia, 18 May 1943

Message sent from Oskar Better in Cairo to Eugen Better in Bratislava, Slovakia, 12 May 1944

Envelope from Palestine to the International Red Cross Committee in Geneva, 16 April 1941

Envelope sent to the International Red Cross in Geneva from Kraow, Poland, 16 December 1943

Envelope sent to the International Red Cross in Geneva from Miryam Zabrier in Pabianice, Poland 13 December 1940

Inquiry from Palestine to Nuremberg, Germany, 7 April 1942

Member Card of the  Czechoslovakian Red Cross in London, issued to Dr. Lichtenstein in Tel Aviv, Palestine,  1944

Member Card of the Czechoslovakian Red Cross in Palestine issued to Ella Kohnova  in Tel Aviv, Palestine, 1943

Message from  Budapest, Hungary to Bolivia, written to Edmundo Laenes, 26 March 1940

Message from Elly Rinzole in Romania to Josef Rudlich in Tel Aviv, Palestine, 3 March 1944

Message from Bucharest, Romania to Tel Aviv, Palestine, written from Meirceo Podeanu to Avram Tavaler, 23 March 1943

British Red Cross Message from London to Dusseldorf, Germany, written from Kurt Frankenschwerth to Otto Braunschweig, 30 September 1943

British Red Cross Message from London to Berlin, Germany, written from Kurt Frankenschwerth to Clara Frankenschwerth, 1 January 1940

British Red Cross Message from London to Berlin, Germany, written from Kurt Frankenschwerth to Clara Frankenschwerth, 3 May 1941

British Red Cross Message from London to Berlin, Germany, written from Kurt Frankenschwerth to Clara Frankenschwerth, 10 November 1941

British Red Cross Message from London to Berlin, Germany, written from Kurt Frankenschwerth to Clara Frankenschwerth, 1 May 1942

British Red Cross Message from London to Berlin, Germany, written from Kurt Frankenschwerth to Clara Frankenschwerth, 1 October 1942

British Red Cross Message from London to Berlin, Germany, written from Margarete Frankenschwerth to Henny Frankenschwerth, 12 October 1942

Belgian Red Cross Request from Chana Landesmann, Recipient is Moshe Landesmann in Jerusalem, 27. January 1944

British Red Cross Message from Abram Handelsman in Tel Aviv, Palestine to Chana Handelsman in Poland, dated 21 January 1941

From the  Polish Red Cross in Palestine. Confirmation issued to Marek Schein in Tel-Aviv of the paid membership dues, 18 September 1941

P.O.W. Parcels Department, Red Cross House, German Colony, Jerusalem, dated 2 July 1942

Postcard from Mr. Bertold Katz to care of Lady Macmichael, postmarked 18 February 1944

Message from Erwin Galewski in Palestine to Ruth Weichmann in Germany, dated 18 December 1940

Message from Moritz Zilz in Slovakia to Harry Konigsbeer in Palestine, dated 10 April 1942

Polish Red Cross message from Jerusalem, dated 11 October 1944

Envelope sent to International Red Cross in Geneva from the General Director of the National Police in Tarn, France, postmarked 22 June 1942

Envelope sent to International Red Cross in Geneva from Pamiers Ariege, France, postmarked 18 March 1942

Envelope sent to International Red Cross in Geneva from Walter Wachs in Algeria (France), postmarked 20 March 1942

British Red Cross message from Alli Bick in Palestine to Paula Reiners in Belgium, dated 28 May 1941

Postcard from Stanislaw Zurnia in Switzerland to the Red Cross in Toulouse, France, postmarked 22 August 1940

Danish Red Cross message from Mrs. Gruen in Copenhagen to Mr. Goldshein in Tel Aviv (in Norwegian Red Cross envelope), dated 23 August 1940

Message sent from Poland through International Red Cross to Palestine, dated 16 June 1940

Envelope from Lomscha, Bialystok, Poland to the International Red Cross in Geneva, postmarked 12 October 1942

Message from Benjamin Goldsztejn in Palestine to Mydel Toaletowych in Warsaw, dated 16 February 1940

Message from Trude Seefeld in Berlin to Siegbert Seefeld in Buenos Aires, Argentina, dated 9 March 1942

British Red Cross message from Erwin Jacobowitz to Martin Jacobowitz in Berlin, dated 12 February 1942

International Red Cross letter from P. Moszkowicz to Josef Moszkowicz, dated 7 November 1939

Envelope from Milivoje Strahinjie in Molondin-Vaud to the International Red Cross in Geneva, date unknown

Envelope from Helga Hornung in Ravensburg to the International Red Cross in Switzerland, undated


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Title: Red Cross Papers, 1939 -- 1945Add to your cart.

Predominant Dates:1939 -- 1945

ID: RG-72.05/RG-72.05

Primary Creator: International Red Cross (1939 -- 1945)

Other Creators: International Committee of the Red Cross (1939 -- 1945)

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Arrangement: Materials are arranged by subject/creator, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.

Subjects: Correspondence between the belligerent countries during the Second World War, International Committee of the Red Cross, Red Cross messages during the Second World War

Languages: Hungarian, German, French, English, Czech, Spanish;Castilian, Polish

Abstract

This collection contains the Red Cross messages of 25 words by which means individuals and families in  the belligerent countries corresponded with each other.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This Collections contains the Red Cross messages exchanged between European countries and territories occupied or controlled by Nazi Germany on one side and the countries of anti-Nazi Coallition, the neutral countries  and Palestine.

Collection Historical Note

The legal basis of the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross during the Second World War were the Geneva Conventions in their 1929 revision. The activities of the Committee include visiting and monitoring POW camps, organizing relief assistance for civilian populations, and administering the exchange of messages regarding prisoners and missing persons

Biographical Note

During the Second World War, the International Red Cross exercising the provision of its Charter, provided individuals and families to send messages limited to 25 words between the belligerent countries.

Subject/Index Terms

Correspondence between the belligerent countries during the Second World War
International Committee of the Red Cross
Red Cross messages during the Second World War

Administrative Information

Repository: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

Access Restrictions: No restrictions

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Copyrighted materials, credits to and references to the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust are required

Digital copies might be available upon request

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Browse by Document/Artifact of Item-Level:

[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: British Red Cross in Palestine Postal Message sent from Emanuel Dux to Mozes Etelka in Hungary, dated 28 October 1943, October 28, 1943],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: Postal Message from Giza Blau to Teresie Spiegel sent from the British Red Cross in Palestine to Karpatalja, Hungary, 13 June 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: Message sent from Sandorne Cseko in Budapest, Hungary to Adalbert Kalman in Jerusalem, 29 September 1943, 29 September 1943],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: Message sent from Oskar Better in Cairo to Eugen Better in Bratislava, Slovakia, 18 May 1943, 18 May 1943],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: Message sent from Oskar Better in Cairo to Eugen Better in Bratislava, Slovakia, 12 May 1944, 12 May 1944],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: Envelope from Palestine to the International Red Cross Committee in Geneva, 16 April 1941, 16 April 1941],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 7: Envelope sent to the International Red Cross in Geneva from Kraow, Poland, 16 December 1943, 16 December 1943],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 8: Envelope sent to the International Red Cross in Geneva from Miryam Zabrier in Pabianice, Poland 13 December 1940, 13 December 1940],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 9: Inquiry from Palestine to Nuremberg, Germany, 7 April 1942, 7 April 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 10: Member Card of the  Czechoslovakian Red Cross in London, issued to Dr. Lichtenstein in Tel Aviv, Palestine,  1944, 1944],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 11: Member Card of the Czechoslovakian Red Cross in Palestine issued to Ella Kohnova  in Tel Aviv, Palestine, 1943, 1943],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 12: Message from  Budapest, Hungary to Bolivia, written to Edmundo Laenes, 26 March 1940, 26 March 1940],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 13: Message from Elly Rinzole in Romania to Josef Rudlich in Tel Aviv, Palestine, 3 March 1944, 3 March 1944],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 14: Message from Bucharest, Romania to Tel Aviv, Palestine, written from Meirceo Podeanu to Avram Tavaler, 23 March 1943, 23 March 1943],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 15: British Red Cross Message from London to Dusseldorf, Germany, written from Kurt Frankenschwerth to Otto Braunschweig, 30 September 1943, 30 September 1943],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 16: British Red Cross Message from London to Berlin, Germany, written from Kurt Frankenschwerth to Clara Frankenschwerth, 1 January 1940, 1 January 1940],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 17: British Red Cross Message from London to Berlin, Germany, written from Kurt Frankenschwerth to Clara Frankenschwerth, 3 May 1941, 3 May 1941],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 18: British Red Cross Message from London to Berlin, Germany, written from Kurt Frankenschwerth to Clara Frankenschwerth, 10 November 1941, 10 November 1941],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 19: British Red Cross Message from London to Berlin, Germany, written from Kurt Frankenschwerth to Clara Frankenschwerth, 1 May 1942, 1 May 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 20: British Red Cross Message from London to Berlin, Germany, written from Kurt Frankenschwerth to Clara Frankenschwerth, 1 October 1942, 1 October 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 21: British Red Cross Message from London to Berlin, Germany, written from Margarete Frankenschwerth to Henny Frankenschwerth, 12 October 1942, 12 October 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 22: Belgian Red Cross Request from Chana Landesmann, Recipient is Moshe Landesmann in Jerusalem, 27. January 1944, 27 January 1944],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 23: British Red Cross Message from Abram Handelsman in Tel Aviv, Palestine to Chana Handelsman in Poland, dated 21 January 1941, 21 January 1941],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 24: From the  Polish Red Cross in Palestine. Confirmation issued to Marek Schein in Tel-Aviv of the paid membership dues, 18 September 1941, 18 September 1941],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 25: P.O.W. Parcels Department, Red Cross House, German Colony, Jerusalem, dated 2 July 1942, 2 July 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 26: Postcard from Mr. Bertold Katz to care of Lady Macmichael, postmarked 18 February 1944, 18 February 1944],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 27: Message from Erwin Galewski in Palestine to Ruth Weichmann in Germany, dated 18 December 1940, 18 December 1940],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 28: Message from Moritz Zilz in Slovakia to Harry Konigsbeer in Palestine, dated 10 April 1942, 10 April 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 29: Polish Red Cross message from Jerusalem, dated 11 October 1944, 11 October 1944],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 30: Envelope sent to International Red Cross in Geneva from the General Director of the National Police in Tarn, France, postmarked 22 June 1942, 22 June 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 31: Envelope sent to International Red Cross in Geneva from Pamiers Ariege, France, postmarked 18 March 1942, 18 March 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 32: Envelope sent to International Red Cross in Geneva from Walter Wachs in Algeria (France), postmarked 20 March 1942, 20 March 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 33: British Red Cross message from Alli Bick in Palestine to Paula Reiners in Belgium, dated 28 May 1941],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 34: Postcard from Stanislaw Zurnia in Switzerland to the Red Cross in Toulouse, France, postmarked 22 August 1940, 22 August 1940],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 35: Danish Red Cross message from Mrs. Gruen in Copenhagen to Mr. Goldshein in Tel Aviv (in Norwegian Red Cross envelope), dated 23 August 1940, 23 August 1940],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 36: Message sent from Poland through International Red Cross to Palestine, dated 16 June 1940, 16 June 1940],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 37: Envelope from Lomscha, Bialystok, Poland to the International Red Cross in Geneva, postmarked 12 October 1942, 12 October 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 38: Message from Benjamin Goldsztejn in Palestine to Mydel Toaletowych in Warsaw, dated 16 February 1940, 16 February 1940],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 39: Message from Trude Seefeld in Berlin to Siegbert Seefeld in Buenos Aires, Argentina, dated 9 March 1942, 9 March 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 40: British Red Cross message from Erwin Jacobowitz to Martin Jacobowitz in Berlin, dated 12 February 1942, 12 February 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 41: International Red Cross letter from P. Moszkowicz to Josef Moszkowicz, dated 7 November 1939, 7 November 1939],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 42: Envelope from Milivoje Strahinjie in Molondin-Vaud to the International Red Cross in Geneva, date unknown],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 43: Envelope from Helga Hornung in Ravensburg to the International Red Cross in Switzerland, undated],
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Document/Artifact of Item-Level 28: Message from Moritz Zilz in Slovakia to Harry Konigsbeer in Palestine, dated 10 April 1942, 10 April 1942Add to your cart.
A message from Moritz Zilz in Slovakia to Harry Konigsbeer in Palestine.  The message is written in German.
Subject/Index Terms:
Swiss Red Cross
wartime correspondences
International Committee of the Red Cross
Creators:
Swiss Red Cross
Moritz Zilz

Browse by Document/Artifact of Item-Level:

[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: British Red Cross in Palestine Postal Message sent from Emanuel Dux to Mozes Etelka in Hungary, dated 28 October 1943, October 28, 1943],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: Postal Message from Giza Blau to Teresie Spiegel sent from the British Red Cross in Palestine to Karpatalja, Hungary, 13 June 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: Message sent from Sandorne Cseko in Budapest, Hungary to Adalbert Kalman in Jerusalem, 29 September 1943, 29 September 1943],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: Message sent from Oskar Better in Cairo to Eugen Better in Bratislava, Slovakia, 18 May 1943, 18 May 1943],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: Message sent from Oskar Better in Cairo to Eugen Better in Bratislava, Slovakia, 12 May 1944, 12 May 1944],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: Envelope from Palestine to the International Red Cross Committee in Geneva, 16 April 1941, 16 April 1941],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 7: Envelope sent to the International Red Cross in Geneva from Kraow, Poland, 16 December 1943, 16 December 1943],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 8: Envelope sent to the International Red Cross in Geneva from Miryam Zabrier in Pabianice, Poland 13 December 1940, 13 December 1940],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 9: Inquiry from Palestine to Nuremberg, Germany, 7 April 1942, 7 April 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 10: Member Card of the  Czechoslovakian Red Cross in London, issued to Dr. Lichtenstein in Tel Aviv, Palestine,  1944, 1944],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 11: Member Card of the Czechoslovakian Red Cross in Palestine issued to Ella Kohnova  in Tel Aviv, Palestine, 1943, 1943],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 12: Message from  Budapest, Hungary to Bolivia, written to Edmundo Laenes, 26 March 1940, 26 March 1940],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 13: Message from Elly Rinzole in Romania to Josef Rudlich in Tel Aviv, Palestine, 3 March 1944, 3 March 1944],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 14: Message from Bucharest, Romania to Tel Aviv, Palestine, written from Meirceo Podeanu to Avram Tavaler, 23 March 1943, 23 March 1943],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 15: British Red Cross Message from London to Dusseldorf, Germany, written from Kurt Frankenschwerth to Otto Braunschweig, 30 September 1943, 30 September 1943],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 16: British Red Cross Message from London to Berlin, Germany, written from Kurt Frankenschwerth to Clara Frankenschwerth, 1 January 1940, 1 January 1940],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 17: British Red Cross Message from London to Berlin, Germany, written from Kurt Frankenschwerth to Clara Frankenschwerth, 3 May 1941, 3 May 1941],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 18: British Red Cross Message from London to Berlin, Germany, written from Kurt Frankenschwerth to Clara Frankenschwerth, 10 November 1941, 10 November 1941],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 19: British Red Cross Message from London to Berlin, Germany, written from Kurt Frankenschwerth to Clara Frankenschwerth, 1 May 1942, 1 May 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 20: British Red Cross Message from London to Berlin, Germany, written from Kurt Frankenschwerth to Clara Frankenschwerth, 1 October 1942, 1 October 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 21: British Red Cross Message from London to Berlin, Germany, written from Margarete Frankenschwerth to Henny Frankenschwerth, 12 October 1942, 12 October 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 22: Belgian Red Cross Request from Chana Landesmann, Recipient is Moshe Landesmann in Jerusalem, 27. January 1944, 27 January 1944],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 23: British Red Cross Message from Abram Handelsman in Tel Aviv, Palestine to Chana Handelsman in Poland, dated 21 January 1941, 21 January 1941],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 24: From the  Polish Red Cross in Palestine. Confirmation issued to Marek Schein in Tel-Aviv of the paid membership dues, 18 September 1941, 18 September 1941],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 25: P.O.W. Parcels Department, Red Cross House, German Colony, Jerusalem, dated 2 July 1942, 2 July 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 26: Postcard from Mr. Bertold Katz to care of Lady Macmichael, postmarked 18 February 1944, 18 February 1944],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 27: Message from Erwin Galewski in Palestine to Ruth Weichmann in Germany, dated 18 December 1940, 18 December 1940],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 28: Message from Moritz Zilz in Slovakia to Harry Konigsbeer in Palestine, dated 10 April 1942, 10 April 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 29: Polish Red Cross message from Jerusalem, dated 11 October 1944, 11 October 1944],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 30: Envelope sent to International Red Cross in Geneva from the General Director of the National Police in Tarn, France, postmarked 22 June 1942, 22 June 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 31: Envelope sent to International Red Cross in Geneva from Pamiers Ariege, France, postmarked 18 March 1942, 18 March 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 32: Envelope sent to International Red Cross in Geneva from Walter Wachs in Algeria (France), postmarked 20 March 1942, 20 March 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 33: British Red Cross message from Alli Bick in Palestine to Paula Reiners in Belgium, dated 28 May 1941],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 34: Postcard from Stanislaw Zurnia in Switzerland to the Red Cross in Toulouse, France, postmarked 22 August 1940, 22 August 1940],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 35: Danish Red Cross message from Mrs. Gruen in Copenhagen to Mr. Goldshein in Tel Aviv (in Norwegian Red Cross envelope), dated 23 August 1940, 23 August 1940],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 36: Message sent from Poland through International Red Cross to Palestine, dated 16 June 1940, 16 June 1940],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 37: Envelope from Lomscha, Bialystok, Poland to the International Red Cross in Geneva, postmarked 12 October 1942, 12 October 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 38: Message from Benjamin Goldsztejn in Palestine to Mydel Toaletowych in Warsaw, dated 16 February 1940, 16 February 1940],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 39: Message from Trude Seefeld in Berlin to Siegbert Seefeld in Buenos Aires, Argentina, dated 9 March 1942, 9 March 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 40: British Red Cross message from Erwin Jacobowitz to Martin Jacobowitz in Berlin, dated 12 February 1942, 12 February 1942],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 41: International Red Cross letter from P. Moszkowicz to Josef Moszkowicz, dated 7 November 1939, 7 November 1939],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 42: Envelope from Milivoje Strahinjie in Molondin-Vaud to the International Red Cross in Geneva, date unknown],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 43: Envelope from Helga Hornung in Ravensburg to the International Red Cross in Switzerland, undated],
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